(2017) Science and education, 3, 58-62. Odessa.

Diana Piontkovska,
lecturer, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology,
Rivne State University of Humanities,
12, S. Bandera Str., Rivne, Ukraine

FEATURES OF STUDENTS’ NATIONAL IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT

The article deals with the features of the development of students’ national identity. The author’s understanding of the concept of «national identity» is presented. The empirical study checks the author’s assumption that the development of national identity of students majoring in different fields of study has specific features depending on the students’ specialty and may be deficient in some of them. It has been established that the national identity of future History teachers, Ukrainian language and literature teachers is developed more intensively; the national identity of students majoring in Law, Philosophy, Psychology, Speech therapy, Cultural studies, Journalism, Social pedagogy is developed less intensively; and the national identity of students majoring in General medicine, Geodesy, Transport technologies (Road transport), Mathematics (group 3) demonstrates the lowest level of its development.

national identity, development, students.

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